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Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own

This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]


brenda m - Nov 10, 2008 8:13:42 am PST #7194 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Whoever manages to not be a TOTAL ASSHOLE ABOUT THIS will win." The racers who ran through the crowd treating the revelers like enemy soldiers got pelted much worse than the ones who took it in stride.

I don't know about that - it seemed to me more that as the day wore on the crowd was more and more focused on getting the racer. I was a little uncomfortable watching (whichever of the two women it was) actually, though when Terrence got hammered pretty hard it eased up.


Jesse - Nov 10, 2008 8:32:51 am PST #7195 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

(Though I have to say, even knowing a little bit about Holi Day in advance, I'd still be pretty pissed off if someone threw paint in my mouth.)

I'm thinking that keeping your (one's) mouth closed would have helped a great deal with that.

I still can't get over how dumb the ex-wives were with that challenge. They watched two different teams come and go, only going to the ladder once, didn't they?

Also, how did Tina's hair get to be so uniformly green? It was very impressive!!


brenda m - Nov 10, 2008 8:39:42 am PST #7196 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I still can't get over how dumb the ex-wives were with that challenge. They watched two different teams come and go, only going to the ladder once, didn't they?

And they even said at one point "are we doing something wrong?" which might have been their cue to go back and, I don't know, read the clue.


Liese S. - Nov 10, 2008 9:25:13 am PST #7197 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Yeah, definitely Starr got off easiest being first. They didn't really even notice her until she was up on the ladder. And if you specifically took note of where the ladder was, you could pretty much get straight there.

However, I can see how you could get really really disoriented on your way, with a faceful of pigment.


Frankenbuddha - Nov 12, 2008 5:00:04 pm PST #7198 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Wee! New TOP CHEF in T-minus...


Frankenbuddha - Nov 12, 2008 5:43:08 pm PST #7199 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

OK, can someone explain this elimination challenge to me? I must have missed something, because I thought they were teamed up, but everyone is acting like it's head to head, one on one. If so, why was EVERYBODY shopping together?


Amy - Nov 12, 2008 5:59:34 pm PST #7200 of 23273
Because books.

I thought that, too. It's weird that they decided to make them go head to head.


Java cat - Nov 12, 2008 6:03:28 pm PST #7201 of 23273
Not javachik

I don't know about that - it seemed to me more that as the day wore on the crowd was more and more focused on getting the racer.

Agree. The paint throwers organized themselves into two columns and pretty much forced the later arrivals to run between them, pelting them pretty hard. (I wonder if that stuff stings if it's throw hard enough.) The first person through was barely noticed by the paint-throwing crowd.


quester - Nov 12, 2008 6:13:19 pm PST #7202 of 23273
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

TC: First they were paired up then they were told they would be going head to head. But, they knew they were competing against each other when they went shopping.

This will be my last TC on tv. I cancelled my cable and it should be gone tomorrow. I'll have to live through you guys and what I can find on the net.


Vortex - Nov 12, 2008 6:40:14 pm PST #7203 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I was really annoyed by the many chefs who said "I've never had X" or "I've never worked with Y". I would think that a professional chef would be familiar with other cuisines.